[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 27, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 27CFR9.53]

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            TITLE 27--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND FIREARMS
 
 CHAPTER I--BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS, DEPARTMENT OF THE 
                                TREASURY
 
PART 9--AMERICAN VITICULTURAL AREAS--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart C--Approved American Viticultural Areas
 
Sec. 9.53  Alexander Valley.

    (a) Name. The name of the viticultural area described in this 
section is ``Alexander Valley.''
    (b) Approved maps. The appropriate maps for determining the 
boundaries of the Alexander Valley viticultural area are seven U.S.G.S. 
maps entitled:
    (1) ``Mark West Springs Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series, 
1958;
    (2) ``Mount St. Helena Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series, 
1959;
    (3) ``Jimtown Quadrangle, California--Sonoma County,'' 7.5 minute 
series, 1955 (Photorevised 1975);
    (4) ``Geyserville Quadrangle, California--Sonoma County,'' 7.5 
minute series, 1955 (Photorevised 1975);
    (5) ``Healdsburg Quadrangle, California--Sonoma County,'' 7.5 minute 
series, 1955;
    (6) ``Asti Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series, 1959 
(Photorevised 1978); and
    (7) ``Cloverdale Quadrangle, California,'' 7.5 minute series, 1960.
    (c) Boundaries. The Alexander Valley viticultural area is located in 
northeastern Sonoma County, California. From the beginning point at the 
northeast corner of Section 32, Township 12 North (T. 12 N.), Range 10 
West (R. 10 W.), on the Asti Quadrangle map, the boundary runs--
    (1) West along the north line of Sections 32 and 31, T. 12 N., R. 10 
W., and Sections 36, 35, and 34, T. 12 N., R. 11 W., to the northwest 
corner of Section 34, on the Cloverdale Quadrangle map;
    (2) Then south along the west line of Section 34 to the southwest 
corner thereof;
    (3) Then east southeasterly in a straight line to the southeast 
corner of section 2, T. 11 N., R. 11 W.;
    (4) Then south southeasterly in a straight line to the southeast 
corner of section 24, T. 11 N., R. 11 W.;
    (5) Then southeasterly in a straight line across sections 30, 31 and 
32, T. 11 N., R.. 10 W., to the point at 38 deg.45[min] N.

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latitude and 123 deg.00[min] E. longitude in section 5, T. 10 N., R. 10 
W.;
    (6) Then southeasterly in a straight line approximately 11,000 feet 
(closely following the ridge line) to the northwest corner of Section 
10, T. 10 N., R.10 W. on the Geyserville Quadrangle map;
    (7) [Reserved]
    (8) Then southerly along the west line of Section 10, T. 10 N., R. 
10 W.;
    (9) Then S. 74 degrees, E. 2,800 feet in a straight line to the 
northeasterly tip of a small lake;
    (10) Then N. 57 degrees, E. 2,300 feet in a straight line to the 
southeast corner of Section 10, T. 10 N., R. 10 W.;
    (11) Then S. 16 degrees, E. 1,800 feet in a straight line to the 
point on a peak identified as having an elevation of 664 feet;
    (12) Then S. 55 degrees, E. 7,900 feet in a straight line to the 
most northerly point on the northeasterly line of ``Olive Hill'' 
Cemetery, lying on the easterly side of a light-duty road identified as 
Canyon Road;
    (13) Then southeasterly along the northeasterly line of ``Olive 
Hill'' cemetery to most easterly point thereon;
    (14) Then southerly 3,000 feet along the meanders of the west fork 
of Wood Creek to the point lying 400 feet north of the point on a peak 
identified as having an elevation of 781 feet;
    (15) Then southerly 400 feet in a straight line to the point on a 
peak identified as having an elevation of 781 feet;
    (16) Then S. 50\1/2\ degrees, E. 15,200 feet in a straight line to 
the point lying at the intersection of Lytton Creek with the township 
line common to T. 9 N. and T. 10 N. in R. 9 W.;
    (17) Then southerly along the meanders of Lytton Creek to the point 
of intersection with a light-duty road identified as Lytton Springs Road 
in T. 9 N., R. 9 W.;
    (18) Then easterly along Lytton Springs Road to the point of 
intersection with a heavy-duty road identified as U.S. Highway 101 
(a.k.a. Redwood Highway), on the Jimtown Quadrangle map;
    (19) Then southerly along U.S. Highway 101 to the point of 
intersection with an unnamed light-duty road (known locally as Chiquita 
Road), on the Geyserville Quadrangle map;
    (20) Then easterly along the unnamed light-duty road to the point of 
intersection with an unnamed heavy-duty road (known locally as 
Healdsburg Avenue), on the Jimtown Quadrangle map;
    (21) Then southeasterly in a straight line approximately 11,000 feet 
to the 991-foot peak of Fitch Mountain;
    (22) Then east southeasterly approximately 7,000 feet in a straight 
line to the peak identified as having an elevation of 857 feet;
    (23) Then east southeasterly approximately 1,750 feet to the peak 
identified as Black Peak;
    (24) Then southeasterly approximately 7,333 feet to the peak 
identified as having an elevation of 672 feet;
    (25) Then northeasterly approximately 5,000 feet in a straight line 
to the point of confluence of Brooks Creek with the Russian River in T. 
9 N., R. 8 W., on the Healdsburg Quadrangle map;
    (26) Then east-southeasterly 2,400 feet in a straight line to the 
top of a peak identified as Chalk Hill;
    (27) Then south from said peak, in a straight line, approximately 
0.2 mile to the point where Chalk Hill Road crosses Brooks Creek (on the 
Healdsburg Quadrangle map);
    (28) Then southeasterly, approximately 1.3 miles, along the roadbed 
of Chalk Hill Road to the point near the confluence of Brooks Creek and 
Barnes Creek where Chalk Hill Road intersects an unnamed unimproved road 
(known locally as Spurgeon Road) that parallels Barnes Creek in section 
32,   T. 9 N., R. 8 W.;
    (29) Then easterly, approximately 0.45 mile, along said road (known 
locally as Spurgeon Road) to the point where the road is intersected by 
an unnamed unimproved road (known locally as the access to the Shurtleff 
Ranch) in section 33, T. 9 N., R. 8 W.;
    (30) Then continuing along the unnamed unimproved road (known 
locally as the access to the Shurtleff Ranch), approximately 1.33 miles, 
in a generally easterly direction, to the eastern terminus of said road 
at a small dwelling along the north fork of Barnes Creek in section 34, 
T. 9 N., R. 8 W. on the Mark West Springs, California, Quadrangle map;

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    (31) Then easterly along the north fork of Barnes Creek, 
approximately 0.5 mile, to the point in the northeast corner of section 
34, T. 9 N., R. 8 W. where the north fork of Barnes Creek intersects the 
east line of section 34, T. 9 N., R. 8 W.;
    (32) Then north, approximately 0.65 mile, along the east lines of 
sections 34 and 27, T. 9 N., R. 8 W., to the point at which an unnamed 
unimproved road which parallels the south bank of Martin Creek 
intersects the eastern border of section 27, T. 9 N., R. 8 W.;
    (33) Then in a generally northwesterly direction, approximately 1.07 
miles, along said road to the point at which the road is crossed by the 
west line of section 27, T. 9 N., R. 8 W.;
    (34) Then north, approximately 0.08 mile, along the west line of 
section 27, T. 9 N., R. 8 W., to the southeast corner of section 21, T. 
9 N., R. 8 W.;
    (35) Then northerly along the east line of Sections 21, 16, and 9, 
T. 9 N., R. 8 W. to the northeast corner of Section 9, on the Mount St. 
Helena Quadrangle map;
    (36) Then westerly along the north line of Section 9 to the 
northwest corner thereof, on the Jimtown Quadrangle map;
    (37) Then northerly along the western lines of section 4, of T. 9 N, 
R. 8 W., and sections 33, 28, 21, 16, and 9 of T. 10 N., R. 8 W.;
    (38) Then westerly along the northern lines of section 8 and 7, T. 
10 N., R. 8 W. and section 12, T. 10 N., R. 9 W. to the southeastern 
corner of section 2, T. 10 N., R. 9 W.;
    (39) Then northwesterly in a straight line to the eastern line of 
section 3 at 38 degrees 45 minutes latitude, T. 10 N., R. 9 W.;
    (40) Then westerly along latitude line 38 degrees 45 minutes to the 
point lying at 122 degrees 52 minutes 30 seconds longitude;
    (41) Then northwesterly in a straight line to the southeast corner 
of section 4, T. 11 N., R. 10 W., on the Asti, Quadrangle map;
    (42) Then northeasterly in a straight line to the southeast corner 
of section 34, T. 12 N., R. 10 W.;
    (43) Then north along the east boundary of section 34, T. 12 N., R. 
10 W., to the northeast corner of section 34, T. 12 N., R. 10 W.;
    (44) Then west along the north boundaries of sections 34 and 33, T. 
12 N., R. 10 W., to the point of beginning.

[T.D. ATF-187, 49 FR 42724, Oct. 24, 1984, as amended by T.D. ATF-233; 
51 FR 30354, Aug. 26, 1986; T.D. ATF-272, 53 FR 17025, May 13, 1988; 
T.D. ATF-300, 55 FR 32402, Aug. 9, 1990; T.D. ATF-468, 66 FR 50565, Oct. 
4, 2001]